Once
again the San Jose Rotary Club has moved forward to assist Northside
in the remolding of our theatre space. The assistance comes in the
form of a $2,000 grant for new computer for the tech booth.

From all of us at Northside Thank you once again San Jose Rotary.

NORTHSIDE
SIGNS MBAT CONTRACT

Northsideis now a small Equity
theatre. Northside has signed with Actors Equity under their MBAT
(Modified Bay Area Theatre) Level II contract. The biggest news is
that now Equity members can perform on the Northside stage. We
signed for three contracts this season. Great news for
everyone! And another professional step up for Northside.
Everybody wins!

So,
if you are an Equity actor you should mail your headshot and resume
to us. Northside Theatre Company, 848 East William Street, San Jose,
CA 95116 ATTN:Casting

Actors'
Equity Association (AEA),founded
in 1913, represents more than 49,000 actors and stage managers in
the United States. Equity seeks to advance, promote and foster the
art of live theatre as an essential component of our society.Equity negotiates wages and working conditions, providing a
wide range of benefits, including health and pension plans.AEA is a member of the AFL-CIO, and is affiliated with FIA,
an international organization of performing arts unions. The Equity
emblem is our mark of excellence. www.actorsequity.org

CITY
OFFICE OF CULTURAL AFFAIRS GRANT

Each
year Northside applies to the City of the San Jose Office of
Cultural Affairs for a grant for our season of productions. The
amount each organization receives is based upon budget earned income
and the interview score that an impartial group of volunteers awards
each group.

The
higher the interview score the more money one receives. Only a few
organizations ever receive full funding. Well....this year Northside
scored second out of 75 applicants and will be receiving full
funding for the amount we could receive. No grant can exceed certain
limitations and all is based upon our budgets earned income.

Way to
go Northside administration for putting together a great grant that
got us $15,000.00. And once again thank you City of San Jose for its
continued support of the Arts in the greater San Jose area. (for
2014-2015)

RECOGNITION
AWARD

On
Friday, May 7th, 2010 at the Fairmont Hotel in downtown San Jose
Artistic Director, Richard Orlando received an award from the Arts
Council of Silicon Valley. The award was given to various artist in
the Bay Area for Arts Leadership. Richard, JR (his wife), and
Associate Managing Director, Meredith King attended the luncheon,
the salmon was delicious. Thank You Arts Council for the
recognition of Northside's fearless leader and all the other
wonderful arts groups and individuals in the Bay Area.

Events
like this show just what a force the arts are in our community, over
900 artists attended.

TARGET
GRANT RECEIVED!!!!

The
Target Stores Foundation has once again funded one of Northside's
outreach projects. Our free ticket program is a project where
Northside gives free tickets to schools and non-profit service
organizations to enhance the cultural lives of our communities
families. If you are one of these organizations just call 408
288 7820 for further information on suitable family productions.
Once again thank you TARGET!

It's A
Play.......

On
January 31st, 2009 at 8 PM Northside, 6 actors and an audience
of 50 people sat together for the first time on the planet and
listened to the new play by Nathan Sanders, Divine
Fruit/Kundalini Rising.
For all involved
the event was an overwhelming success in all areas. So, a special
thanks goes out to all who attended, our wonderful group of actors
and of course to Nathan Sanders, the author, for making another
evening at Northside Theatre an exceptional theatre experience. It
was a great way to kick off a new play. All who attended contributed
to this new works development and longevity.

Awards for Northside

Each year the WAVE
magazine gives the smaller theatre companies awards for outstanding
achievement. And each year Northside has received at least one
award. This year for the season of 08-09 we received the award for
outstanding comedy for LUV, our
closing play of last season. In
2007-08 Northside placed in three different
categories and had several actors mentioned in the "watch for
these" categories. We received awards for the following: Best
Comedy and Best Costumes for PICASSO, and Best new work for
THE
SUGAR WITCH, by Nathan Sanders. We
knew we had a really good
season last year but it is nice to be recognized for your work
publicly. The awards go to Northside but they really should go
to the many, many people that make up Northside. The authors,
the directors, the designers, the administrators, the tech crews,
the board, and of course the actors and our audiences......so
congrats to us all for the old...and raise your glass to the
new!

Northside Creates
Film

Northside Theatre Company has changed its
theatre into a small film studio and with a wonderful creative
production team has devoted the summer to the creation of a small movie
short written by Nathan Sanders entitled..... SWEET
JESUS. The piece is about Inez
Fullbright. She has baked a pecan pie that has made front page news.
And the story of how the pie came to be is a tale that everyone
should hear. It is a one-act play of Nathan's that we will
make into a 29 minute movie short. And if we are successful this
movie will then be submitted to various film festivals throughout
the U.S. and we will put it up on the web. This is a new experience
for all of us but so far the work has been a joy, and I am certain
it will be successful. Watch this site for a preview!

Last season Northside
premiered THE SUGAR WITCH in its
October 2007 slot. With our excellent team of designers, actors and
crews we hailed to great reviews. Playwright Nathan Sanders
played a major role in our production attending many rehearsals and
giving our production team insights as to characters, plot and interpretation.
As a result, the play was published by Samuel French, Inc. and now
the entire world will be able to produce The Sugar Witch, a play
that our audiences were the first to view. More from Nathan Sanders

Hopefully we will be able to produce
more of Nathan's plays in the future.